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Transport Properties of MF-4SK Membranes Doped with Sulfonated Zirconia

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Composite materials based on homogeneous perfluorinated MF-4SK cation-exchange membranes and sulfonated zirconia are obtained by in situ and casting methods. Their transport properties and gas-permeability are studied. The introduction of sulfonated zirconia leads to increase the room-temperature conductivity of membranes obtained by the in situ and casting methods more than 1.5- and 4-fold, respectively. For composite membranes synthesized by the in situ and casting methods, the transport numbers of anions that characterize their undesired transport decrease more than 1.5-fold (from 0.026 to 0.020 and from 0.020 to 0.014, respectively). For samples based on MF-4SK membranes and zirconia, the considerable (more than 3-fold) decrease in hydrogen permeability is observed. The differences in the observed values of water uptake, conductivity, and interdiffusion coefficients in composite membranes are discussed.

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This study was supported by the Russian Scientific Foundation (project no. 17-79-30054) and carried out using shared experimental facilities supported by IGIC RAS state assignment.

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  1. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    P. A. Yurova, I. A. Stenina & A. B. Yaroslavtsev

  2. Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432, Chernogolovka, Moscow obtast, Russia

    P. A. Yurova, I. A. Stenina & A. B. Yaroslavtsev

  3. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, Higher Chemical College, 125047, Moscow, Russia

    U. S. Aladysheva

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Yurova, P.A., Aladysheva, U.S., Stenina, I.A. et al. Transport Properties of MF-4SK Membranes Doped with Sulfonated Zirconia. Russ J Electrochem 55, 1292–1298 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193519110156

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